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Characters Page. Theda (Clan Assamite) Description: Her characteristically unaffected
tone coupled with acerbic wit belies her as someone's cynical sister, or a romantic interest in a Generation
X indie, perhaps. Animal attraction. Raw charisma. Tempered steel wit. And discipline. Discipline is paramount
to her existence, driving her to extreme physical torment and duress to refine
every aspect of her continued existence; her physique, her mind, and her choices are not merely attributes--they are her tools, utilized with the same precision of a practiced, seasoned surgeon. Recently, her physical appearance seems to alter with each new sighting--as though she were not only aware of the constantly fluctuating chain of those who seek her for various ends to their means--but as if she were able to alter her very presence to suit the occasion of meeting them on her terms... Background: The year was 1900. In fact, the 20-year-old was terrified
of the actual consummation of "the act", but the speculation and study
of attraction itself fascinated her to no end. It was this attraction which prompted
her submission and resultant acceptance to an exchange programme to India, based
upon her efforts in journalism and provocative artistic contributions; to
study and document the developing cultural mores and the effect of British presence
in the colonies there. More importantly, to continue her
efforts to find the source of the Nile in human sexuality--by studying the
then-closely guarded secrets of the Tantra. The summer proved fruitful: the Indian
days unbearable, she preferred the evenings to explore the culture outside of her
secluded flat-- And one evening she met the Maharajah. The Maharajah, somewhat reclusive
by nature, gradually warmed to her efforts at communication. Her genuine interest--unabashed zeal, no less -- in his culture, accentuated by her terse and often
invasive confrontations with the paradigms so staidly held by the British bourgeoisie
impressed him. He allowed her access to his estate--in secret, for the Europeans
were still held in contempt by many locals--and purely for educational purposes. She spent a good deal of time there, where
she became a student, first hand, of the diverse and reclusive arts of the East. Until the Jyhad irrevocably
scarred the face of India. In a single night, the reins of the Sabbat led
a monstrous ghouled horde on a swath of bloody destruction throughout the region,
decimating villages, cities...all in efforts to quash the Camarilla presence
indoctrinated through the European settlements. The Maharajah, upon returning to
his estate that evening, found his staff slaughtered...and the young foreigner
in his courtyard bloodied, sundered, and moments from death. The reclusive Assamite Maharaj Tariq
had a choice: Oppose once again the traditional mores of Assamite khabar,
and not only by a renegade Embrace, but a woman, no less; or allow the
mindless actions of the Jyhad to dictate his own livelihood once again. Upon her embrace, he trained her
himself for a period of 49 years--seven times the seven years tradition
at Alamut, in personal atonement for his actions based in emotion rather
than purity of blood. No regrets, however, as the insipid
Jyhad rages on. And Theda, the pariah, acknowledged
by blood, scorned by that same blood, walks the fringe. Like her sire, she has
proven her Assamite heritage to the rafiq who, as they scorn her,
so does she return the sentiment with a vengeance. And those who persist, end. Character Perceptions: For hatred or lust, fascination or fear, the deadly flower elicits many an emotion, desirable for so many reasons--but best left untouched.
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